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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I take on board that point the Deputy has made there. Given the number of projects that are under way in Donegal, it does appear the county should get a bit more reference in the publication to which the Deputy has referred. As he knows, the minute you start naming one county, it poses difficulties for other counties that are not mentioned. It is very difficult to please everybody all the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Many State bodies classified by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, as commercial are already solely audited by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.  While section 1438 of the Companies Act 2014 provides that companies not trading for the gain of their members may be audited by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, only regulated private sector audit firms can...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for the question. As the Deputy is aware from the various points she has put to me, the Economic and Social Research Institute published its report,The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity, on 12 January 2024. It is important to reiterate the rationale behind why I commissioned this report by the ESRI. A comprehensive review of the national...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Respectfully I beg to differ. The Deputy asked me the question around how the findings of the recently published report shaped the national development plan in 2023, how we are dealing with priorities and capacities in review of NDP ceilings, and if I would make a statement on the matter. That is the question the Deputy put to me and that is the question I answered. With regard to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I had the report in draft format earlier on in the year. I cannot remember if it was available in draft format to my Department before or after the budget because the budget season is always so intense. I did not see the actual report itself until far later in the year. As soon as the report was published it was shared with the Minister for Finance but there will be nothing in the report...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department plays a key role in developing and monitoring overall expenditure in line with Government objectives and agreed fiscal policy. Since 2020 external shocks, including Covid, war in Ukraine, and elevated inflation have required Government to take a responsive approach to fiscal policy. This has resulted in a higher level of Supplementary Estimates in recent years. In 2023, 31...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The monitoring and quarterly reporting of actions due under successive updates of the Climate Action Plan is conducted by the Department of the Taoiseach with input from relevant Departments. Progress reports up to quarter three of 2023 are accessible on gov.ie. The Progress Report for Q4 2023 is being finalised and will be made available following consideration by Government. The status of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Evaluation of Government expenditure is a vital component of the public expenditure management framework. This goal is fully embedded across Government and is progressed in a number of ways from the day-to-day management of resources, regular engagement across Departments and through the public service reform programme. It is also progressed through a range of budgetary reform initiatives...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to say that great progress is being made across government to digitalise public services. I am delighted to report that this progress has been recognised nationally and internationally, most recently in the OECD’s 2023 Digital Government Index. Ireland is ranked amongst the top 10 international performers alongside countries such as Korea, Denmark, the United Kingdom,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 104 together. Reform and transformation of our public services remains a key priority for Government and it is always a feature of Public Service Agreements. As such, the proposed Public Service Agreement 2024 – 2026 includes a chapter on transformation. If ratified, the Agreement will underpin the ongoing transformation of our public services,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Development Plan (NDP) provides investment of €165 billion over the period 2021 - 2030 and supports a broad range of infrastructure projects and programmes across the country. As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. My Ministerial colleagues in Government are responsible...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: A comprehensive review of the National Development Plan involving several strands of work was undertaken over the course of 2020 and 2021. The Phase 1 report was published in April 2020 and drew upon a number of pieces of research and policy papers. This work culminated in the publication of an updated National Development Plan 2021-2030 (NDP) in October 2021. The NDP provides for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the proposed agreement that was made at the WRC two weeks ago, following a challenging set of discussions. In my view, it is an Agreement that seeks to achieve a balanced approach to public service pay that rewards the ongoing efforts of public servants, while ensuring the responsible management of public finances. This has been Government’s ambition throughout this process....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 125 and 129 together. As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Since 2017 my Department has been responsible for the co-ordination and management of the annual Spending Review process. This involves individual Departments choosing an expenditure or policy area to review and conducting analysis that improves our knowledge of and the data around that policy or programme with the aim of making it more effective and efficient. The objective and scope of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been informed by the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) that Spain’s National Commission for Markets and Competition published a resolution (Resolución Obra Civil 2 S/0021/20) on 5 July 2022, imposing fines for infringement of Spanish and European competition laws on six Spanish construction companies. The NDFA understands from correspondence with one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Union’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) is a unique regulation established specifically to provide support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial, and environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. The regulation is clear that in order to be eligible for BAR funding, the expenditure must fall within the eligibility period for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has committed to €165 billion in capital investment through the National Development Plan (NDP) published in 2021. As a percentage of national income, annual capital investment is now among the largest in the EU. In 2024, €13 billion will fund vital infrastructure in areas such as housing, transport, education, enterprise, sport and climate action. Achieving value...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The 2020 Programme for Government contains a commitment to “reform and consolidate the Ethics in Public Office Legislation”, which inter alia underpins the operation of the Standards in Public Office Commission. As the Deputy’s question notes, the Minister at the time asked my Department to undertake a review of the statutory framework in advance of bringing new proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Budgetary and expenditure reform is a key feature of public expenditure management and is progressed in a number of ways including through regular engagement across Departments on cross cutting issues and through the public service reform programme. The promotion of innovation may be seen within the overall context of budgetary reform through a range of initiatives including: •...

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